AviationPro's 2018 Prepar3D V4 Tweak Guide! More Smoothness & Crispy Textures!
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In this video I am showing you my Prepar3D settings, some Prepar3D.cfg tweaks, my AMD settings, and finally my Active Sky for Prepar3D V4 settings. Please note: just because these settings work for me, does not necessarily mean they will work for you! It really depends on the configuration of your own system!
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00
- Prepar3D settings: 0:29
- Prepar3D.cfg tweaks: 16:44
- AMD Settings: 22:57
- Active Sky Settings: 23:35
- Outro: 27:28
-- WHAT TO ADD/CHANGE IN PREPAR3D.CFG --
[DISPLAY]
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=160
[SCENERY]
MaxRegionsPurgePerFrame=1
[JOBSCHEDULER]
AffinityMask=85
[TERRAIN]
UseGlobalTerrainView=True
TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9
Make sure you check whether these entries already exist in your Prepar3D.cfg or not! If so, just change the value. If not, just enter the item under the right tab!
How to find Prepar3D.cfg:
It should be located here: C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 or simply type %appdata% in the Windows search bar and browse to the right folder.
-- Affinity mask setting --
Binary to decimal converter: www.binaryhexconverter.com/bi...
Some common affinity mask settings for quad-cores with hyperthreading ON (this will give you 8 logical processors as shown in the video):
84, 85, 116, 254 or 255
Just experiment with these!
PLEASE NOTE: in the video I incorrectly told you that the first number of the binary code codes for Core 0 and the second for Core 1 etc. Actually it's the other way around! The first number of the binary code codes for Core 7, the second for Core 6 etc.
-- Addons used for this video --
- PMDG Boeing 737-800
- Aerosoft Prague
- REX Sky Force 3D
- Active Sky for P3D V4
- Ultimate Terrain Europe
My 'main' addons:
- ORBX FTX Global
- Active Sky for Prepar3D V4
- REX Skyforce 3D
- Ultimate Terrain Europe
- Chaseplane
All Prepar3D V4.2! I don't use any PTA stuff.
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I would just like to thank you for this video. I followed everything you did with one or two things I went a bit stronger on and my simulator is now running like it has a new PC and video card. I had very bad stuttering and couldn't use Dynamic Lighting at all. I'm now getting between 60 - 30 FPS even with very heavy ASv4 weather. I can't thank you enough. I have also been spending many hours watching your vatsim videos trying to get myself ready for the next big step of flying online. Once again thank you very much for the videos you have been making and look forward to watching more of them. Cheers from Australia.
You are welcome, and good luck with flying on VATSIM! :)
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OMG you litterlly have to try Native VR in Xplane 11 with the HTC Vive, its going to completley blow your mind, the days of screen flying are slowly coming to an end, i promise you that if you did a full flight in VR with atc and all, you wont be able to ever fly on a screen again, its really something else i kidd you not.... and vr implementation in xp11 is the best thing ive seen in a long time...
@AviationPro And Yes this is so much helping. Got tweaked my P3D4, do as you do step by step. No need to hesitate the result, it’s amazing! Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this video! I got more than doppel FPS at major airports and the sim looks even better than before!
You're welcome!
Just like to say AWESOME video and very clear and informative! Thank you!
Great video!! I used all your settings on my new PC and the latest P3Dv4.5 Academic_4.5.14.34698. I did a local flight in my A2A 172 with AS16 and Skyforce and it was a beautiful looking and smooth running flight. Thanks much!! Windows 10 64-bit, AMD FX-6300Six-Core Processor, 64 GB DDR3 RAM,
AMD Radeon R9 380 Series
Hartelijk bedankt voor je Options - Application voorbeelden, het ziet er goed uit. :)
Graag gedaan!
thanks, this made a huge difference for me, I fly both Prep3d and X-plane 11, I like both for different reasons but was about to bail on P3d this made a huge difference and re kindled my enthusiasm for P3d
You're welcome!
Bro thank you soo much, I play p3d on my small pc(8GB ram) from getting 9fps, I now get an average of 24fps thanks again 🤙🏾
we have almost the same graphic card ( in performance ) i have rx 570 and thank you for the settings now my simulator is beautiful
Thanks for the video. I copied most of your settings almost exactly (except I used medium water, maximum resolution, and some AI traffic). I noticed a marked increase in FPS. The usability of native Oculus VR also improved significantly.
Glad to hear that, you’re welcome!
Thank you for this, I now get 30fps at an overcast Aerosoft EGLL in the PMDG 747, instead of 10. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Excellent well done!
Thanks for sharing your options. They work cool on my low-end PC with a few small variations.
You're welcome!
whats your specs? what do you mean low end pc? :)
Thank you thank you thank you so much one of your settings fixed a issue where P3d was stuttering now it’s really smooth
You're welcome!
Lol hi. Its Jackus
Why are you here
@@jackholmes2374 Lol hi. Its Emil
Just wanted to thank you, as appearantly you made me change a settign which gave me back around 10 FPS, thanks!!!
You're welcome!
rly? and how much fps do u get from-to?
Waarschijnlijk ga je deze comment toch niet lezen maar ik wil je oprecht bedankten voor de CFG tweaks. Heb al een hele tijd lopen aankloten met de settings maar niets werkte totdat ik de settings van jou uitprobeerde. Echt een topper.
Ik lees alle comments :) Graag gedaan, fijn dat het werkt!
Thanks for the tips, I'll give them a try. You know I have a lot more of a system cpu, gpu and memory than you are running, and I find nothing but problems people and myself have running this Orbx software. I have a ton of Orbx stuff and I have gotten to the point of do I really want to put it on. So your tweaks are new in regards to the scenery and terrain ones, so I will try them thanks for your video.
You're welcome! Yes, ORBX stuff is simply very heavy, especially when combining things, hopefully the tweaks help :).
Great tips really helped even the Affinity Mask. But I would suggest people to also adjust their Active Sky Next if the FPS drops in Heavy Weather.
Specially the "Suppress Local Weather" Setting should be on if you have low FPS.
Thanks!
Grandioos... bedankt!
Graag gedaan! :)
Thanks! Actually helped alot. The sim looked better and I got like a 15-20fps boost
You’re welcome!
Nice video! It really helped me out 👍
You're welcome!
AviationPro you aren’t using any shaders, are you?
Not in this video, but since a few weeks ago I am using PTA.
AviationPro okay, is it nice? And did you make your preset?
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Tip: you can convert decimal to binary also using the default Windows Calculator since *Windows 3.0* (1990)
:P
Good idea! :D
Hi Aviation LTNC. Compliments for your smoothness. Some tweaks however are outdated. Affinity-mask was fun to work with but I personally didn't experience any change. However I'm missing the most important setting, the only one I use, the FFTF setting. This is in my opinion the only tweak that really makes the difference. To bad you use a AMD Gpu because a view months ago a guy came up with a 'new' setting that also made me frown, but it worked. I now run 8xSGSS (NV-inspector) and my Gtx-1060 eats it like breakfast. Anyway, I wish you all the best and stay safe up there.
P.s. Begin mei ga ik de Full-motion Sim in Lelystad weer bezoeken. Ik hoop weer wat nieuwe dingen van de instructeur te leren en te oefenen.
Greetz, Ed
Thank Ed! :)
Thanks for this dude!
People should stop talking about "switch to Xplane" or "p3d bla bla bla" is like the ratkids fighting between pubg and fortnite.
just sayin.
You’re welcome! Agreed, as said in my X-Plane videos I think it is a great sim I’m happy to experiment with, but I still feel most at home with Prepar3D and tweaking the sim is actually part of the hobby which I enjoy! :)
Im sticking with P3D for now because of everything I have invested in it - but its quite obvious (esp. with the demise of FSW) that Xplane is the future for home aviators.
found the spanish speaker
xddddd yep
@@PlayerFalcon4 don't make a big bet on that … prepar3d is >not< sitting still .. the 'real' issue is they are trying to maintain backwards compatibility but at some point in the near future they will leave more and more of fsx behind
I have GTX 750 ti 2Gb, what is the best scenery objects setting for me? I also have Intel Xeon 3.6GHz 4 core 12 threads and I don't know what AffinityMask number I should use😕
Hi, My P3D v4.3 graphics settings keep reducing back to a lower value IE set at 4096 will just change to 2048 or 1024 if I have saved a unique version name (any ideas please ??)
Bro held door jou heb ik 31FPS op FlyTampa EHAM. Van11 naar 31 heel erg bedankt ik heb nu ook zo neiging om ORBX True Earth NL te gaan downloaden alleen idk wat is jou advies ?
hello very good the video wanted to comment I put a scenery to the prepard 3d and the prepard became slow I don't know what solution I can give you so that the scenario runs faster in the prepard 3d or maybe there is some program to edit scenario
So if i have 12 cores and i set those to 101010101010 as your theory suggests i get a massive number to input which doesn't look right? I get 2730?
Could you post your rex sky force settings? i installed it today and frames are shit
Are you using the P3D proffessional license?
my PC has 16 Logical processors, what affinity mask value i should be using? pls help me
is there a tweak for callouts like rotation, positive rate ?
Hey man
I really need your help !
I have the AMD RX 480 and i have pixeld autogen all over the world.
What driver are you using in the moment and do you have the same issues?
No, I'm just using the latest AMD drivers all the time.
The Affinity Mask=85 Tweak is an old FSX one and means.. 4 Core CPU and HT Enabled. You may get a better Result if you set the HT to disabled and set the Affinity Mask =84. I Use a Ryzen 5 1600x so i dont Need this Tweak in P3D. I also use a Zotac 1050ti OC up to 1800 Mhz. That´s not bad but 4 Gb Ram is the Minimum. My Framerates are between 40-50 FPS on Ground up to the Airport. PMDG Aircrafts are working fine also i use Ultimate Traffic Live , Passenger Aircrafts are at 100%. Gen Aviation are disabled. My Problem is the dynamic Lighning at Night, that Drops my FPS massiv under 20 FPS. So i have to find out how to manage this. :-)
Is this setting may help my cpu more cooler?
Hi!
Do you use Orbx and UTX simultaneously? Do they work together?
Yes they work together :) At least, FTX Global for the textures, and then UTX for the landclass.
Do you mind to share your Ezdok profile? Looks amazing :)
I'm using Chaseplane, not Ezdok ;)
I have very important question Sir. Even if you don't use shaders, would use/recommend ENVSHADE or PTA?
Use tomatoshade, its free and better than envshade en pta
I switched to Tomatoshade, huge improvement over PTA and free! Dynamic Reflections are amazing.
5 Years ago...
I'm trying this out because usually I'm sat on the ground at Heathrow at around 12fps however I can't find Affinity Mask anywhere in my P3D cfg
You need to add it to the cfg, see description.
Nice bro i got better frame rate
Beste AviationPro, ik wil toch even iets vragen over AffinityMask, mijn i7-8700K 4.7 CPU heeft 12 cores, mag ik U vragen of ik dan het beste AffinityMask=116 kan gebruiken? Ik heb het geprobeerd in Binary number en daarna in Decimal number maar dan kom ik op een heel hoog getal uit...
Ligt eraan welke cores je wilt gebruiken, maar een hoog nummer zou dan niet uit hoeven maken, zolang het maar klopt met het aantal cores dat je hebt ;)
@@AviationPro Dank je wel
Tutorial on how to install scenery pls
Yes, very frustrating to make a wonderful flight and see the terro in approach,
that's why I still want FS2004
I only have 4 cores so how many can i use without destroying my pc what should i write on the binary path for that number btw love your videos
Well you can use 4
Hi AviationPro, i have same pc like yours except i have Nvdia graphic, i follow your setting and the result is very positive, many thanks to you, just one question did u tweaks anything on Nvdia control, because the only problem i'm having is blurry cockpit texture don't know how to fix this, if you know anything pls help me.
You're welcome! No I don't have Nvidia so I don't have any Nvidia control panel to tweak. You can check my AMD settings in this video to compare.
I have a Ryzen 2700x paired with a 1080Ti, but I can barely put my settings high enough. You have higher settings enabled than mines, and with better FPS. Help
Reflash the vBIOS. The miner you bought the 1080ti from undervalued the cpu and changed the memory timings to reduce power draw. Option2: Removed the GPU heat-sink assembly and make sure it's really a 1080ti.
*Or have you already solved the problem?* If so, what did you do?
p3d's framerate is still largely dependent on single thread performance of the CPU, and His 6700k @ 4.6Ghz has better ST performance than your 2700x. Latencies of the CPU can have some impact too (6700k has better latencies as well).
Prepar3D V4
where to find the Prepar3D.cfg file. I have looked in my Prepar3D folder but it is no ware to find
See description
The entry "TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9" doesn't seem to be in the cfg by default?
You can safely add it under the right tab ;)
my monitor has AMD Freesync but i have a Nvidia GPU so what should i do then leave vsync of or on and tripple buffering?
In that case both VSync and Tripple Buffering on.
ok thanks :)
hey aviation pro, I have about the same specs as you with 16gb ram and an intel i7 processor but i linger around 16-20 fps in the pmdg 737 I run fsx steam and this tweak guide hasn't helped me for all i know, is there anything I can do?
FSX Steam is definitely not the same as P3D. P3D is a whole lot more optimized and modern, so there's your problem ;). Maybe consider switching or wait for FS2020 and see what that's like.
What's your GPU, and what i7 *specifically* ?
Good evening, I can't remove the blurry textures, they get blurry while cruising even if I limit the FPS to 30
Blurries are unfortunately very common in Prepar3D, even if you apply these kind of tweaks. It depends on your system as well!
What’s the difference between all the licences, will the cheapest one give me what I need as a flight simmer?
use the academic version
@@juicy3971 ok thanks
Ryzen 7 1700
8GB ram 3000mHz
RTX 2060 (Gaming Z)
avg fps(VC) : 35 *landing*
Is it normal ?
Max fps is 153 at outside view but in VC, avg fps 35 *landing) PMDG 737NG
Yea that's normal I get around 40fps I have the 9900k and rtx2070
Dynaic Reflections.. "you do not really need this" lol.. good video but I couldnt disagree more. If you have a high end GPU get Tomatoshade and enable Dynamic Reflections. Its a giant leap forward.
Thanks! True, well my GPU is not that strong, I prefer the framerates over the looks in this case.
but the thing is the ground texture is blurry
do you have HT turned on or off for your cpu?
It's on.
Which graphic card do you use
See description
I'm not have affrinitymask on Prepar3d.cfg
you have to add it
second
Are the textures the default ones?
No, ORBX FTX Global
Detect Crashes OFF??? OMG...
Those settings will NOT give you 8 logical processors. You still only have one single processor with 4 logical cores. Hyperthreading on the other hand simply gives two threads per core. So, if you have a 3.8Ghz core, it is still only processing the same amount of data at the same speed. It only helps in some application. Prepar3D is not one of them. If you have hyperthreading off, and P3D is using 60% or more of you CPU, turning on hyperthreading will not help you in any application of game. It may even hinder math functions and cause games to crash.
What is PTA stuff
Look it up, PTA by Simtweaks or Matt Davies.
how much was your computer?
Around 800 I think
euros or dollars? im from the us
Euros, but that was 2 years ago ;)
X-Plane forever!
CESSNATURBO yep!
CESSNATURBO been trying to convince him 😂, he ain’t buying it 😂
... cant you people just stop? i mean cool we get it u play x-plane wow, just let us play p3d v4 in peace ty
James Shep I'm iMac, and the agonies of choosing are far in the past 😀
Patrice Regis convince him to buy iMac and he is in the bag.
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Good day Sir
Kindly profer solution for me to solve my P3D V4 Problems which I installed on windows 10 64 bit intel (R) Celeron (R) 1000M 1.80Ghz laptop and always fails to launch after loading or after filing a flight plan, it takes ages to load and gives black screen... I would be greatful
A 1.80 GHz laptop is too weak to run Prepar3D. Check the specifications on their website so you can see what kind of PC or laptop you need.
You really should get PTA, or some of the free alternatives like Obenshade or Tomato Salats PTA. A decent PTA Presets and HDR Lightning on... Oh my you will never ever want to fly without it and you will ask you self" how in hell could i lived so long without it" :D The thing what you probably don't like on HDR is the luminance adaption effect, when you look up to the sun everything gets dark etc. well sounds great but it is bugged in P3D when you me ask. It is way too slow and sometimes you have to move your Head/camera down that the brightness change. This effect effect you can turn off with PTA. I use btw. Obenshade github.com/LB767/OpenShade it works also with PTA2 Presets, and from these your find a lot on the net.
Thanks, yes I’ve been thinking about PTA, perhaps Envshade. I don’t really like HDR, because also the instruments suddenly look a lot different. Anyways, I’m probably going to experiment with it a little :)
No problem, Saturation has i think the most impact from the HDR Settings, too much Saturation and you have a cartoonish like Cockpit, but if you fine tune all the settings to your liking then HDR is great.
meanwhile I'm on steam edition........
would love to play xplane, but p3d has all the addons i want, xplane doesnt ;)
That "floating" mouse around it's very nasty!Stop it on the item
Dont watch it then
honestly i have Xplane 11 and P3d V4 and I have more fun on prepar. sorry
Same, in X-Plane you have not the detailed sceneries as P3D
20 fps??? I shoot for 60 smooth. The big drivers are traffic, followed by the VC of the aircraft you are flying. There is NO excuse for developers to make fancy VC's that are low on frames. All other settings make very little difference anymore with P3Dv4 especially with the autogen draw distance setting (been wanting this for years), with that, autogen can be extremely dense when you land but dissappears at far distances, perfect--so with that setting autogen no longer has a significant affect on frames. The remainder of the frame problems are miniscule compared to the aircraft you are flying and how much traffic you have. I fly with only a few addon aircraft I trust to get good frames (look at what paradigm shift Majestic has achieved! over especially fps hogs like PMDG), and I usually fly with 10-20% traffic to achieve solid 60 FPS everywhere. And I'm using a 5 year old 2 core (better for fsx at the time) 4.0ghz OC processor with a gtx1060---nothing uber powerful. NO I do not fly shit like PMDG that sucks FPS to it's knees. Its not necessary to model everything on an airplane when it has no impact other than frame rates on the processor. What do I care if there is a cabin heat control? I'm not getting hot at my desk lol. EDIT: the scenery complexity slider will bring your system to its knees as some (a lot) airports have frame rate inefficiency beyond the "dense" setting. So I disagree with the video on setting it beyond dense--ymmv.
I hate my prepar3v3
Its the lousy menu settings...limited missions.... the dark shading...airplane lighting dim on wings...even the planes airspeed is slower at takeoff. No imagining that !
"Fsx" has poor frame rates but such better menus and user friendliness.IMO
first
Verified as first!
switch to XPL11
If you turn everything off, of course you will get good frame rate.
no tweaks needed for XP11 xd
yeah i hated every single second of the fsx/p3d tweaking over the years, its just such an insane relief to not have to fuck around with the installation all the time
You just need to install plenty of LUA scripts , and to fly without weather to get decent fps lmao fanboy destroyed
WowSoDoge you obviously havent tried xp11 because nothing you just said is true so stop barking like the dog you are
Stupid fanboy , Xplane is so fucking non optimised that's almost impossible to use it without removing some shadows , or by reducing on weather. Exept if you have a real master race no one can do it , majority of Xplane users use lua scripts to reduce the LOD to improve performances, try again nigga
WowSoDoge why do even decide to troll a 3 week old post? Bad dog, stop barking
You rarely go below 20FPS??!! Dude, I think you need a new definition of "acceptable".
I think you need to fly into LAX during a vatsim event with the FSLABS or a PMDG plane. 20 would be about right.
Stop tweaking FSX v4.2 and switch to XP11 :D
And how many good payware airplanes does XP11 have? :)
ImpartialGem98 none of them even close to be as good as pmdg, lame
Ok this simulator has literally been out for a year. I've used FSX/P3D for 11 years and I can honestly say it is worth the switch to XP11. Flight Dynamics, realism, and the future of this sim in terms of payware have completely sold me. I mean you really want to land on flat earthers' runways the rest of your life go ahead xD
ImpartialGem98 yeh there are none that can even compete with pmdg. X-plane is for the cheapskates who can’t afford addons like pmdg
Cheapskates? Some of us bought the PMDG 777, 737, 747, QW757, FSLA320... and all those scenery addons over the years. So your point goes completely out the window. And you must be kidding if you think X-plane simmers won't be willing to buy future payware aircraft or scenery as we already are. I see why you may want to stick with FSX in terms of the investment side, but trust me you are going to miss out on a more realistic experience especially if you're an avid simmer.